The editors of The Markaz Review made the difficult choice of selecting just two of their go-to public...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
Salar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Salar Abdoh
Nektaria Anastasiadou writes about her decision to pen her works using the historically fractured language of the Istanbul...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Deborah Kapchan calls for public intellectuals who can speak in many registers amidst the rise of attacks on...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deborah Kapchan
Twenty years ago, argues Amal Ghandour, it would have been Edward Said. It’s Traboulsi, his best translator, in...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
In her new book, Dima Issa argues that the influence of Lebanese vocal artist Fairouz on the Arab...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dima Issa
Yasmine Al Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi
Naima Morelli talks to Rose Issa, Sara Raza, Farah Abushullaih and Alia Al-Senussi about art and intellectuals.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Naima Morelli
Aomar Boom describes the centrality of donkeys and mules to life in the unforgiving earthquake-shattered terrain of the...
25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Aomar Boum
Brahim El Guabli argues that Morocco's disaster survivors must be able to communicate in their mother tongue.
25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.
18 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Matt Hanson, an art writer in Turkey, drives across the high plains between Ankara and Konya to see...
18 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Matt Hanson
